A Sky Warrior Christmas: Sky Warriors, #3

By Sadie Carter

Come and join the Sky Warriors for their very first Christmas.

Well, that's if Christmas actually happens. Eden and Frankie are trying their best to create a Christmas spirit, but with Sacaren threatening Santa bodily harm if he tries to enter their home, Nax complaining about the decorations, and the old bat who lives next door calling the cops for every little thing, it seems like Christmas will be an impossible task.

Rejoin some old characters and meet some new one's in this Sky Warrior Christmas novella.

Please note this is a novella set between Sacaren and Nax's stories and is best read as part of the series.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sadie Carter
• Release date: Dec 11, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386691327

Book preview

1

Marcun and Eden

W hat are you doing?

Eden gasped, dropping the roll of outdoor lights she’d been passing up to Frankie and grabbed hold of the old, rickety ladder she was precariously perched on. But it was too late. Her foot slid off the well-worn rungs and suddenly the ladder went one way while she went the other. A scream of pure fear erupted from her lungs as she realized she was falling.

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

She slammed against something hard. Her breath lay trapped in her lungs, her heart racing, and then her stomach finally caught up with the rest of her body. She’d left it somewhere up the ladder as she fallen to her death.

Well, all right, not to her death maybe, but she’d definitely been heading for a few broken bones.

Finally, she gasped in a breath as she realized she wasn’t lying on the hard ground, her legs shattered, body bruised, spine mangled.

Unfortunately, that didn’t mean she wasn’t in trouble.

She stared up at Marcun from where she lay in his arms, cradled against his chest. She attempted to calm her breathing, to convince her brain that she wasn’t hurt and stop the trembles that wracked her body. It didn’t help that Marcun was glaring down at her, his look promising her all sorts of dire things.

Hey, baby. Good catch, she finally said.

You could have hurt yourself! he roared.

Um, yeah, she understood that. She was the one who’d just fallen from the top of a ladder. She understood it very well. Heart still racing with fear, she attempted to look unconcerned as she reached up and rubbed at her ear.

You want to say that a bit louder? I don’t think the next-door neighbor heard.

Marcun turned his glare to the neighbor’s house. I am certain she is already watching us with those spying eyes.

Probably, Eden agreed. She loved the house they’d bought. It was huge. Big enough to house them all so they had their own privacy. The backyard was enormous and it had a pool, which was going to be amazing during the heat waves New York seemed to suffer through more and more often.

The only downside was their next-door neighbor. The old bat seemed to have it out for them. She called the authorities over every little thing they did. In fact, Eden needed to bake another batch of brownies for the officers who had been out three times this week.

None of them had actually seen the old bat. They’d never seen her even leave her house. Her groceries got delivered and left on her porch. She never had visitors. Eden had baked some cookies and taken them over as a friendly gesture, but she hadn’t even opened her door. They only knew she was a woman because one of the officers told them.

When Eden went back to grab the plate a few hours later, the cookies had been untouched. What a waste. Although, Sacaren had eaten them.

That man would eat anything.

Speaking of Sacaren, he was standing next to Marcun, staring down at her in shock. Then he seemed to collect himself and turned to Marcun with a smug look.

You must keep a closer watch over your mate, Marcun. She could have harmed herself.

Marcun growled.

I only fell because you scared me, she protested.

What were you doing? Marcun asked.

Putting up some Christmas lights.

And you did not think to wait for me? Or to ask one of my pack to do this for you?

Shh. She was trying to get them out of the habit of calling themselves a pack, especially when they were outside. No telling how much their nosy neighbor might overhear. Everyone is out except Nax. We didn’t bother to ask him. The other day he told me he did not understand the point of Christmas, that those ridiculous colored lights serve no real purpose, and that decorating the house is a waste of time. He’s in the garage to work on his secret project.

Then you should have waited for us, Sacaren told her before Marcun could reply.

She rolled her eyes. I would have been fine if you two hadn’t given me a fright.

Sacaren just shook his head. This is unacceptable behavior. My mate would never put herself in such danger.

Really? she drawled. So, who do you think I was handing the lights to? She pointed up and all three of them peered up at the roof where Frankie was staring down at them. She waved and smiled.

Hey, big guy, what you doing?

Sacaren gaped up at his mate. Francesca! What are you doing up there? Get down immediately.

I would but Eden dropped the ladder.

It wasn’t my fault! Eden protested. Marcun startled me and I’ve never been that great with heights. She attempted to wriggle free of his hold. As nice as it was to be held against his chest, she was starting to feel a bit silly.

Stay still, Marcun demanded as he started walking towards the front door.

Marcun, I didn’t hurt myself. You can put me down.

No.

She sighed. These Sky Warriors weren’t big talkers. One word answers were pretty normal.

Marcun, I can’t just leave Frankie on the roof. What if she slips?

He gave her an incredulous look.

You scared me! That’s the only reason I slipped. Maybe. Her hold had been pretty precarious on the ladder, but she wasn’t about to tell him that.

Her plan had been to have all the lights up before the two of them returned. Although it wouldn’t have been hard to figure out how the lights got up there. But by then, Frankie and Eden had planned on being safely ensconced in the house watching reruns of Christmas vids and drinking hot chocolate.

Their mates, along with the rest of the pack, didn’t really see the point of Christmas, but Eden still wanted to make it wonderful for them. It was their first Christmas and it was her favorite time of year.

Only problem was, Christmas was two days away and nothing was going to plan.

Marcun carried her inside and towards the back of the house where her favorite room was. The kitchen. She’d thought she